but Hyla specifically ordered it

Thank you kindly, Ted. It's rare to find a skilled punster who also takes requests.

per tsuwm: nor, it seems, have you yet to notice

Now, if he had yet to notice, I'd take that to mean he hadn't noticed. Howsomever, there's that little "nor" prefixing the whole affair, which suggests that the negative, or opposite, of the upcoming clause is in fact the case. So, he has noticed, and has chosen to pay the fact no never mind? Fiendish!